Forwards Festival 2025

Forwards is an inner city music festival held in The Downs Bristol. It draws the biggest names in international music.

Headliners include Loyle Carner, Four Tet and Jessie Ware! 

This festival aims to present high quality, diverse and heritage music acts alongside emerging artists from Bristol & beyond. The festival presents a contemporary curation of music while paying homage to Bristol’s long standing history of being a music city. In addition, Forwards is more than just a music festival, it looks to challenge what metropolitan festivals can be today and how they can do good, from the inside out. The 2-day festival aims to harness the power of live events to bring people together for incredible music moments and lasting positive change.

This year's festival is running from Saturday 23rd August - Sunday 24th August. Times are as follows:

Saturday:

• Doors open - 12:00
• Last Entry - 20:00
• Close - 23:00

Sunday:

• Doors open - 12:00
• Last Entry - 20:00
• Close - 22:00 

Location: Durdham Down, Circular Rd, Clifton, Bristol BS9 1NE

Pre-sale tickets go live Tuesday 5th March at 10am.

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